| Budget Amount *help |
¥18,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The fates of chemical reactions are determined by arrangement and motion of atoms in the transition-state region, and experimental characterization of wave functions near the transition states is of significant importance. This research project has aimed to visualize wave functions or probability distributions pertinent to molecular vibration and rotation, and we have constructed a new two-dimensional ion imaging setup with novel concept for monitoring the arrangement of atoms in molecules. Its high spatial and temporal resolution as well as high data throughput has allowed us to unveil quantum-mechanical behavior of unidirectionally rotating molecular ensembles. Rotational eigenstates of electronically excited molecules have also been visualized and spectroscopic investigation on molecular clusters has been conducted via spatiotemporal tracking of rotational and intermolecular motion of the clusters.
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